Comments on: Getting Spam From Your Own Email? Not to Worry http://blog.kbsweb.com/getting-spam-from-your-own-email-not-to-worry/ Techmology Bits Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:35:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Why Do I Keep Receiving Non-Delivery Receipts for Messages I Didn’t Send? http://blog.kbsweb.com/getting-spam-from-your-own-email-not-to-worry/#comment-1792 Why Do I Keep Receiving Non-Delivery Receipts for Messages I Didn’t Send? Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:33:55 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=207#comment-1792 [...] It’s spoofing.  We covered spoofing back in January, letting you know that messages you may receive that appear to come from yourself are just some [...] [...] It’s spoofing.  We covered spoofing back in January, letting you know that messages you may receive that appear to come from yourself are just some [...]

]]> By: Michael Miller http://blog.kbsweb.com/getting-spam-from-your-own-email-not-to-worry/#comment-1698 Michael Miller Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:13:39 +0000 http://blog.kbsweb.com/?p=207#comment-1698 It’s just like if I were to write a letter to someone, put your return address on the outside of the envelope and drop it in a pubic mailbox and I’ve spoofed your mail and it would be nearly impossible to find me. If the recipient didn’t exist the post office would return the message to you because it has your return address. No hacking or magic required – a third grader can easily spoof e-mail messages. E-mail wasn’t originally designed to be secure. How could anyone have known that spammers would work so hard trying ruin e-mail? Until the underlying architecture of e-mail revamped, expect this to continue. It’s just like if I were to write a letter to someone, put your return address on the outside of the envelope and drop it in a pubic mailbox and I’ve spoofed your mail and it would be nearly impossible to find me. If the recipient didn’t exist the post office would return the message to you because it has your return address.

No hacking or magic required – a third grader can easily spoof e-mail messages. E-mail wasn’t originally designed to be secure. How could anyone have known that spammers would work so hard trying ruin e-mail? Until the underlying architecture of e-mail revamped, expect this to continue.

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